Saint Matthew's Anglican Church
Charitable organization · Abbotsford, British Columbia · BN 832510655RR0001 · Christianity · website
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($462,378) as filed with the CRA.
Saint Matthew's Anglican Church is a charitable organization based in Abbotsford, British Columbia, classified by the CRA under christianity. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $473K in revenue and $462K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 66% from donations, 26% from other charities. In 2024, 3 other registered charities reported granting it a combined $247K.
Compared with 14,125 religious charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 29% of peers. Its highest-paid position fell in the $80,000–119,999 range. The charity reported 4 permanent full-time positions.
It reported gifts to 8 qualified donees totalling $74K in 2024, the largest being $49K to The Anglican Diocese of Canada. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 12 names.
In its own words
1 weekly worship services continued in person under advisement and online. 2. Pastoral care and counselling for members community and open to the society continued in person and phone 3. Community ministries for children and the youth continued online in person and other creative ways 4. Outreach and evangelism support for local and international ministries continued well
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $473K | $462K | $265K | — | $74K | $324K |
| 2023 | $619K | $495K | $305K | — | $81K | $321K |
| 2022 | $517K | $505K | $295K | — | $76K | $200K |
| 2021 | $548K | $511K | $280K | $0 | $94K | $187K |
| 2020 | $513K | $488K | $280K | — | $84K | $167K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $74K to 8 qualified donees:
- The Anglican Diocese of Canada$49K
- The Diocese of Central and Eastern Canada of the Reformed Episcopal Church$7,200
- International Christian Mission Services$6,000
- The 5 and 2 Ministries Community Development and Support Services Society$4,800
- Embrace Rwanda International Society$2,400
- Cyrus Centre Ministries$2,400
- Archway Community Services Society$1,200
- Wycliffe Bible Translators of Canada Inc.$600
Received $247K from 3 charities:
- Canadahelps Canadon$121K
- Canadahelps Canadon$121K
- Abundance Canada$4,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
What it pays
Its ten highest-paid positions, by band:
- $80,000–119,9991 position
- $40,000–79,9991 position
- $1–39,9992 positions
- Permanent full-time positions4
- Total compensation, all staff$245K
Schedule 3 of its 2024 return. The CRA discloses bands, not names or exact salaries.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Don Gardner (assisting clergy: deacon); David McElrea (rector); Allan Kraus (assisting clergy: deacon); Hans Boersma (assisting clergy: deacon); Steven Klassen (treasurer); David Knight (council member); Tyler Wilson (secretary); Garth Oswald (rector's warden); Erika Mellis (council member); Carol Williams (people's warden); Jeff Wilson (council member); Serena Klassen (council member).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from Saint Matthew's Anglican Church’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 832510655RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.